It Occurs To Me That I Am Civility
Why not use your understanding to imagine a work of art—
A story, memoir, essay, poem, or painting
Integrating your artistry with your practice of civility?
I can only imagine the distinctive pieces that you will create,
your imagination shaped by new understandings of civility.
With thanks for the idea to Jonathan Santlofer, ed., and 41 of America’s finest writers,
including 3 who tell their stories graphically, and 10 of our greatest artists whose works are compiled in
It Occurs To Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art
Introduction by Viet Thanh Nguyen
New York: Touchstone, 2018
Seek out a copy of Jonathan Santlofer’s beautiful collection, as inspiration for your “take” on “It Occurs To Me That I Am Civility.”
Santlofer says that It Occurs To Me That I Am America represents “more than a collection of great prose and beautiful pictures; it represents hope.” The book, he writes, “belongs to… everyone who values our country’s rights and privileges, who believes in decency, in a freedom that was fought for and a democracy that may be imperfect but one we cherish and need to preserve.”